The College of Allied Medical Professions is dedicated to its mandate of providing transformative, collaborative, and innovative education. Our curriculum is purposefully designed to produce professionals who are not only technically competent and evidence-informed but also deeply responsive to the evolving needs of our society.
Professor Esmerita R. Rotor
The College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP) was established on November 8, 1962, as the School of Allied Medical Professions (SAMP). Originally a unit under the College of Medicine housed at the National Orthopedic Hospital, the school gained independence as an academic unit in 1977. By 1988, it was officially elevated to a College.
As a trailblazer in healthcare education, the College has consistently set the standard for curricular innovation in the Asia-Pacific region. It holds the distinction of launching the first Speech Pathology (SP) program in the region in 1978, complementing its earlier pioneering efforts in Physical and Occupational Therapy in 1962. Undergraduate programs at CAMP undergo rigorous curricular review every five years, ensuring alignment with the K-12 Basic Education program and the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) transition to Outcomes-Based Education (OBE). This commitment to excellence extends to its graduate programs, including Master’s degrees in Rehabilitation Science, Speech-Language Pathology, Clinical Audiology, and Physical Therapy. Most recently, between 2022 and 2025, the College finalized major revisions to these graduate programs to integrate modern clinical practices and global benchmarking.
As part of a premier research university, CAMP maintains a research agenda aligned with global and national health priorities. Between 2021 and 2025, the College produced 72 publications focusing on health systems, vulnerable populations, and health technology (such as telehealth and assistive technology). Currently, there are 60 active projects supported by both local and international funding.
The College is deeply committed to social responsibility through its Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) programs. Since the 1970s, CAMP has deployed students and faculty to various provinces—including Laguna, Rizal, Batangas, and Cavite—to conduct disability profiling, awareness campaigns, and capacity-building activities.
Furthermore, the College operates the Clinic for Therapy Services (CTS). Established in 1969 and evolved through several iterations, the CTS serves as a vital university-based rehabilitation center. It provides essential pediatric, adolescent, and adult therapy services while serving as a primary training ground for both undergraduate and graduate students
We lead in shaping occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech pathologists, and clinical audiologists to influence the quality of and access to health services for Filipinos.
The College of Allied Medical Professions educates occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech pathologists, and clinical audiologists who are competent, responsive, future-focused, informed, and service-spirited advocates for disability-inclusive health and quality of life of Filipinos. Toward that purpose, we deliver and advance transformative, collaborative, and innovative education integrated with research and public service.
We are a community who values honor, excellence, social responsibility, social justice, solidarity, innovation, and meaningful engagements even beyond the classroom.
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The College of Allied Medical Professions (CAMP) Building is a six-storey building that contains the lecture and laboratory classrooms, administrative offices, and student spaces for the undergraduate and graduate programs of the College. It houses the Departments of Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech Pathology, including specialized laboratories and spaces that support research, curricular, and extracurricular activities. Designed to foster collaboration and innovation, the building provides a conducive environment for learning, interdisciplinary engagement, and the delivery of responsive, evidence-based education.
November 2010
The Clinic for Therapy Services (CTS) is an on-campus clinic of the University of the Philippine’s College of Allied Medical Professions (UP CAMP). CTS provides accessible, high quality, and client-centered therapy care to adult, adolescent, and pediatric clients across their lifespan and throughout the continuum of their care. The clinic offers remote and onsite services for occupational therapy (OT), physical therapy (PT), and speech and language therapy (SP) services using an interprofessional approach.
Renamed to Clinic for Therapy Services from Physical
Therapy Clinical Center on 29 November 1996
Section Annexed in 2004
Renovated February 2026
Service Name: Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, speech and language therapy
Clients: UP Manila constituents and other institutions, general public
Contact Information: (02) 8524-5113 / 0915-514-7673
Description: Physical, occupational and speech therapy services for persons with and without disabilities for habilitation, rehabilitation, and health and wellness promotion
The UP CAMP Immersive Technology Laboratory (also known as AXEL) is a venue dedicated to research and learning in immersive digital health innovation. It primarily serves as the venue for designing, developing, and testing immersive gamification technology systems for healthcare developed by the UP Augmented Experience eHealth Laboratory (AXEL), and, secondarily, as a learning venue where students and academics engage with the research process, design, and application of digital health innovations. The laboratory is located at the Old NEDA Building in the Joaquin Gonzales Compound along Padre Faura, above the Clinic for Therapy Services.
Start of renovation: 22 March 2022 First operational use: March 2023
Services and Clients:
Contact Information: axel@up.edu.ph